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Stanley
Earle |
Clapton FC, West Ham
United FC
2 appearances, 0 goals
P 2 W 1 D 0 L 1 F 3:
A 3
50% successful
1924-27
captain: none
minutes played: 180 |
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Timeline |
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Bombardier
Stanley George James Earle |
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Birth |
6 September 1897 in
Stratford, Essex [registered in
West Ham, December 1897] |
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According to the 1901 census,
Stanley G., is the third of four children to Henry Thomas and Emma
Elizabeth, living at 97 Ridley Road in West Ham. His father is a
schoolmaster. |
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According to the 1911 census,
Stanley G. now has two younger siblings, and with one aunty, they all live
at 6 Cramner Road in Forest Gate. His father is still a schoolmaster. |
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According to the 1921 census, Stanley George is a clerk
(for Maypole Dairy co.) and is the oldest of the four children still at
home with their parents, still at 6 Cranmer Road. His father is now an
assistant schoolmaster. |
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Marriage |
to Jessie A. Logan [registered in
West Ham, December 1922] |
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According to the 1939 register, Stanley G.J., a traveller for a builders
merchant, is married to Jessie A., and living at 308 Eastern Avenue in
Ilford. |
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Death |
26 September 1971 in Colchester, aged
74 years 20 days
[registered in Colchester, September 1971]. |
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Source |
 Douglas Lammings' An
English Football Internationalist Who's Who [1990] & |
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Playing Career |
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Club(s) |
Appeared for
West Ham Schools and turned out for Isthmian League side, Clapton FC,
where he was also captain. He was an amateur
with Arsenal FC, making four Football League appearances between
1921-22 and 1923-24, scoring three times. He signed amateur forms
with West Ham United FC in August 1924, signing professional forms a year
later, as a 28 year old. He scored 58 league goals in 256 appearances.
He joined Clapton Orient FC on 12 May 1932, retiring from playing a year
later. |
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Club honours |
FA Amateur Cup
winner 1923-24; |
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Individual honours |
FA Charity Shield runners-up
with Amateurs 1923; |
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Distinctions |
Son of
goalkeeper Harry Earle (Millwall Athletic FC) |
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Height/Weight |
6'
1", 12st.
1lb [1927]. |
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Source |
Douglas Lammings' An English
Football Internationalist Who's Who [1990]. |
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Management
Career |
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Club(s) |
Became Leyton
FC's manager after 1933, resigning in October 1946. He later became
coach of Walthamstow Avenue FC. |
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England Career |
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Player number |
One
of five who became the 474th
players (476)
to appear for England. |
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Position(s) |
Inside-right |
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First match |
No. 141, 17 May 1924, France 1 England 3, an
end-of-season friendly match at Stade Pershing, Bois de Vincennes, Paris, aged 26 years
254 days. |
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Last match |
No. 157, 22 October 1927, Ireland 2 England
0, a British Championship match at Windsor Park, Donegall Avenue, Belfast, aged 30 years
46 days. |
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Major tournaments |
British
Championship 1927-28; |
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Team honours |
None |
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Individual honours |
England
Schoolboy (one appearance, 1912), England amateur (two appearances). |
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Distinctions |
Tenth
Essex-born player to represent England |
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Beyond England |
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He served as a bombardier in the Royal Field
Artillery and the Royal Garrison Artillery. |
